D.A.R.P.A. is lending a helping hand to peace β a mechanical one.

βThere is a new discovery that we made here besides all the technology. That discovery is that there is some new untapped affinity between people and robots that we saw really for the first time today.β

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Darpa officials have taken pains to assure anyone who would listen that it was not primarily interested in designing Terminators, or killer robots. The agency is an arm of the Pentagon, and its futuristic robots are an example of what is described as a βdual useβ technology that will have both military and civilian uses.